Status of the Artist Act Procedural Regulations

13 (1) A participant that intends to present evidence at an oral hearing must file with the Board six copies, or the number of copies that the Board may specify, of the following:

• (a) all documents that the participant intends to present as evidence, including any document filed with the application, response, reply or written submission, as the case may be, in one or more tabbed books; and

• (b) a list of witnesses that the participant intends to call that includes their names and occupations, along with a summary of the information that each witness is expected to provide on issues raised in the application, response, reply or written submission.

(2) The documents referred to in subsection (1) must be filed with the Board and served on all other participants

• (a) no later than 10 days before the day on which the hearing is scheduled, in the case of the applicant; or

• (b) no later than eight days before that day, in the case of the respondent and the intervenor.

(3) [Repealed, SOR/2025-206, s. 10]

(4) If a participant does not comply with subsection (1) or (2), the Board may refuse to consider any document that the participant presents at the hearing or to hear any witness that the participant calls.

(5) The Board may require that the participant submit to it, in advance of the hearing, the authorities and arguments on which the participant intends to rely.